By Noel T. Braymer The answer to that question will depend on the final evolution of this project.The California High Speed Rail Project has evolved in many ways just in the last 5 years. We can expect more changes to the California High Speed Rail Project before it is running. The California High Speed Rail…
Analysis by Noel T. Braymer Amtrak says that they lose over $500 million dollars a year running the Long Distance Passenger Trains. But Amtrak endures this hardship because of the transportation necessity provided by the Long Distance Trains in much of rural America. Amtrak has been hinting that they would like the States to help…
And other California Corridor statistics. Reported by DAVID B. KUTROSKY, Managing Director Ridership for FY2013 continues to drop compared to last year’s historical highs. For March 2013, 145,271 passengers used the Capitol Corridor, representing a 4.7% drop compared to March 2012. Revenue for March 2013 has showed a negligible decrease of 0.4% versus March 2012.…
By Noel T. Braymer A major problem since the creation of Amtrak is there are so many places it is impossible for passengers to get to by Rail in this country. It isn’t for lack of stations with over 400 Amtrak Stations over most of the continental United States. But you can’t take a train…
Analysis by Noel T. Braymer After several near death experiences the California High Speed Rail project is poised to soon start construction for 130 miles of new railroad in the San Joaquin Valley. This is assured with almost $6 billion dollars in funding from Federal and State sources. This is after several changes were made…
Mr. Michael R. Peevey 8th April, 2013 President, California Public Utilities Commission 505 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco CA 94102 SAFE OPERATION OF “SPRINTER” RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE Dear President Peevey: The Rail Passenger Association of California is a non-profit, 501c3 California Corporation active since 1977 in promoting passenger rail. I am writing to request that…